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In news that hits home the importance of the second hand video games market, Maryland based pre-owned specialist Game Trading Technologies has secured a substantial $3.9m worth of investment. Spong spotted a TradingMarkets report that claims the firm will use the cash injection to buy 320k used games and accessories …

Talk of an imminent buyout of Rockstar owner Take-Two has gained more weight with news that American billionaire Carl Icahn has purchased over a million additional shares in the publisher over the past three days. The new purchases mean he currently owns just over 12 per cent of the company. …

LocalizeDirect gets financial backing as it launches its new translation tool

Games analyst weighs in on rumours that Square Enix is set to acquire

UK studio Codemasters will soon alleviate money issues with a new investment round, a national newspaper has said. The enduring developer and publisher will secure a third source of cash from an as-yet unnamed investment group, the report claims, adding to a new funding drive from Balderton Capital and Goldman …

UK studio Codemasters will soon alleviate money issues with a new investment round, a national newspaper has said. The enduring developer and publisher will secure a third source of cash from an as-yet unnamed investment group, the report claims, adding to a new funding drive from Balderton Capital and Goldman …

$600.5m raised this year, down on $936.8m in 2008

A Russian investment firm that previously invested $200m in social network leader Facebook has backed Mafia Wars and FarmVille developer Zynga to the power of $180m. The move means that Zynga now has an approximate valuation of between $1.5bn-$3bn. The fulls tory is on CasualGaming.biz.

Northwest Vision and Media provides financial boost to local digital companies

Shareholders praise Xendexâ??s progression through the recession